Sweet Satisfaction

Someone once said, ~Love is trust and contentment. To trust in the person you have chosen to spend the rest of your life with. To be able to sit happily in silence with that person. The ability to be yourself around that person, no airs and graces. To be accepted for who you are. To feel warmth when you lay next to each other. To not have desire for anyone else.~ Let me ask you this question to those who are in a significant relationship, are you content with the person you're with? The reason I'm asking is because there are guys/girls out there who aren't content with who one has in their life leading him/her to break the trust that has been established. You see, the type of contentment I'm speaking of is one in which you're truly satisfied within your heart and no longer have a yearning/craving to want something more with someone else.

Without a doubt, being able to have someone in your life who you not only trust, but also makes you feel absolutely content in every sense of the way is something each one of us wants to have. For it's the certain special someone who permanently rather than temporarily fills your heart with warmth of appreciation, admiration, joy, gladness, happiness, respect, laughter, friendship, excitement, love, etc. to the point you're always seen with a smile on your face. Essentially, it's these particular attributes/qualities mentioned above that can most definitely be experienced in times of peacefulness shared together. Curled up on the couch doing a crossword puzzle, reading a book, sitting outside on the porch looking up at the stars, or simply taking a nap together are considered to be moments of contentful bliss for two people.

As said before, guys and girls seemingly can't quite get a good grasp on truly being content these days when it comes to being in a relationship because when you get right down to it one word best describes these kinds of people...greedy. If you think about it, they have the greatest person in their life standing in front of them and yet he or she throws it all away because of their craving for more. More of what you might be asking yourself? Oftentimes, it's the thrilling excitement that tends to be in that particular person's mind totally unfulfilling as their lustful desire takes over causing him/her to look elsewhere in order to have their mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical need met by someone else. What it basically comes down to is that innate self gratification for personal gain that will constantly leave a person empty both in their heart and soul.

For the question can be asked again to those in a significant relationship, does your husband/wife/bf/gf accept you for who you are and vice versa? Thinking about it, to be content in a relationship you fully accept the quirks, habits, eccentricities, of the one you love even though they can be at times embarrassing. I think many wives/gf can agree there are certain things their husbands/bf do that have them give "The Look" like making strange sounds/sound effects, singing, dancing, eating, or simply call it...being a guy. Hey, we all have our own quirks/habits/eccentricities that can not only get some strange/weird looks, but also can get under one's skin. However, it's those same quirks that you learn to live with and eventually fall in love with maybe not right away because keep this in mind it's the things that generally annoy you that you will miss the most.

Lin Yu-t'ang said, ~The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach." In retrospect, it’s all about having gratitude as you give thanks to God as he forever opens your eyes to someone you genuinely enjoy being around as you laugh, talk, and possibly sit quietly together doing absolutely nothing all-the-while slowly letting your guard down. It's just a matter of getting out of that 'I want more' mindset and getting into the mindset of 'I have more than enough.' Once you do that everything primarily falls into place to where you have this sense of relief because there weren't any expectations to live up to. In the end, always reaching for more in a relationship can always leave you feeling empty inside with a bitter aftertaste, but if you just enjoy the relationship for what it's worth without making it complicated then my friend its sweet satisfaction.